Quan Nguyen delivers the wake-up call: in 2026, communication has become the most important skill for engineers! With AI making code generation easier, the human touch of clear communication is your new superpower. Meanwhile, David Cramer from Sentry cuts through the confusion—his clarification on Skills, MCP, and Agents architectures is the must-read explainer that finally makes sense of this chaotic landscape!
Also in this issue: Alice Moore perfectly captures the feeling—if your AI tools feel like a folder full of magical markdown files, this explains the method to the madness! Dmitry Tilyupo pushes us beyond simple env vars with dynamic configuration for modern Node.js apps, HTTP Archive drops their essential annual Web Almanac (the comprehensive snapshot of web technology trends), and GitHub unleashes the Copilot SDK in technical preview—embed agent capabilities into any application with planning, tool invocation, and file editing! Roberto Selbach nails the disruption: what used to cost $10/month subscriptions can now be built in a weekend with AI!
On the tools front: AionUI delivers privacy-first, cross-platform AI IDE management without subscriptions or cloud lock-in; Skills.sh lets you supercharge agents with single-command installations of reusable capabilities; The Boring JavaScript Stack ships production-ready products in days with battle-tested tech; Shimmer From Structure auto-generates pixel-perfect loading states from your React components; and Vercel drops comprehensive design guidelines codifying hundreds of decisions for building great interfaces!
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by David Cramer
The misinformation is bothering me, so here's my attempt to do something useful.
🚀 Read it!, ai, mcp, skills, agents
Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills
by Quan Nguyen
Starting in 2026, communication has become the most important skill for software engineers.
📰 Good to know, engineering, ai, career
Agent Skills vs. Rules vs. Commands
by Alice Moore
If it feels like your AI coding tools are turning into a folder full of magical markdown files, you're not imagining it.
📰 Good to know, ai, agents
Dynamic Configuration in Node.js
by Dmitry Tilyupo
Beyond Environment Variables
📰 Good to know, nodejs, configuration
by httparchive.org
HTTP Archive’s annual state of the web report
📰 Good to know, web, state, report
Build an agent into any app with the GitHub Copilot SDK
by Mario Rodriguez
Now in technical preview, the GitHub Copilot SDK can plan, invoke tools, edit files, and run commands as a programmable layer you can use in any application.
📰 Good to know, github, copilot, ai
Your App Subscription Is Now My Weekend Project
by Roberto Selbach
It's happening
📰 Good to know, ai
by OfficeAI
Free, local, open-source Cowork for Gemini CLI, Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Qwen Code, Goose Cli, Auggie, and more
🧰 Tools, ai, agents
by skills.sh
Skills are reusable capabilities for AI agents. Install them with a single command to enhance your agents with access to procedural knowledge.
🧰 Tools, ai, skills
by sailscasts.com
Ship JavaScript products with battle-tested technologies in days not weeks.
🧰 Tools, javascript, stack, development
by Olebogeng Mbedzi
A React library that auto-generates shimmer skeletons from your actual component structure. Zero maintenance, pixel-perfect accuracy.
🧰 Tools, react, skeleton
by Vercel
Interfaces succeed because of hundreds of choices.
🎨 Design, design, ui
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